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Athens Concert Hall will honor the poet Kiki Dimoula in a ceremony on Jan. 29. The event will be held on the occasion of the publication of Dimoula's anthology, Alchemist of Speech, translated by Cecile Inglessi-Margellos. The anthology entitled The...

Acclaimed Greek director Costas Gavras is to be appointed honorary doctor of the Faculty of the Fine Arts Film Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). The University is honoring him for his work and contribution to the...

Dimitra Vlagkopoulou, an honor graduate of the National Theatre Drama School last year who represented Greece, has won the the international competition for young actors, organized by the Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, di Roma (Premio delle Arti...

In "Parker," which hits theaters January 25, Michael Chiklis faces off against Jason Statham in the thriller about a thief who is betrayed by his crew and left for dead. Chiklis goes head-to-head with Statham in the film. He plays...

In an official statement issued by ERT and MAD who are the organizers of the Eurovision contest, the names of the contestants who made it to the finals to represent Greece were announced. The winner will represent the country...

And the fascination with the Greek heroes never stops! In another yet documentary of BBC4 Simon Armitage undertakes his own Greek adventure, following in the footsteps of one of his own personal heroes, Odysseus and at the same time...

2013 is another year filled with fabulous Greek events throughout the United States. Here we present you with the top 10 events you shouldn't miss, including the Greek showcase at SxSW (photo) a unique event that aims to bring...

In an event at the Theocharakis Foundation, author Giorgos Tsoukalis presented  his latest book, History Smugglers - Return of the 20 Treasures, a look at antiquities smuggling that describes some high-profile cases, including those that have been solved in...

Antonis Xilouris, also known as Psarandonis, comes from a renowned Cretan musical family and is known as the most idiosyncratic lyra player on the island and who has earned renown. An exponent of tripped-out Cretan music, Psarandonis’s unique three-stringed...

The Stuttgarter Nachrichten newspaper comments on the decision of Greece and Spain not to take part in the International Exhibition for Caravanning, Motoring and Tourism (CMT) which is being held these days, stressing that this is not due to...

The growing new wave of Greek films will be represented at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival Forum this year with four entries in a pre-screening on Jan. 16, plus another from a Greek director based in the German...

George Sapounidis, otherwise known as Chairman George and a rising music star in China, will perform at the Jan. 22 opening ceremonies of the 2013 annual International Camellia Festival in Kunming, capital of south China’s Yunnan province. The festival showcases...

Victoria will celebrate for the second year in a row its cultural diversity and history of migration connected with Melbourne's two piers on Jan. 27 in the port. The Piers Festival 2013 links in with Victoria's Australia Day and...

John Krokidas' "Kill Your Darlings" will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this weekend. The film revolves around young Allen Ginsberg who, while attending Columbia University in 1944, makes friends with a cool classmate named Lucien...

The opening ceremony of the carnival will take place on Jan. 19, bringing some much-needed festivity during a crushing economic crisis that has dispirited many Greeks. The President of Patras municipal utility Patras Carnival Charalambos Karkoulias, stated, "In such a...